Tonight at 10.45pm David Tennant reads the Book At Bedtime on BBC Radio Four.
The story today is called Bewitched and it can be heard worldwide at this link. (After broadcast a MP3 of the story will also be posted onto DavidTennantOnTwitter.com.) The story was written in 1925.
The story was written by Edith Wharton and it is part of the A Night With A Vampire 2 series. (David Tennant read the first series in 2010. That series concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in this year they are set in the 20th Century and introduce stories "with a little twist from the UK and the USA.")
The synopsis of the story Bewitched from the BBC Radio Four website is:
"Saul Rutledge had a girlfriend before he married his current wife. Unfortunately, he still slips at night to see her. Even though she dies several years ago..."
The producer of this series is Clive Brill and it is a Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
Tonight at 10.45pm David Tennant reads the Book At Bedtime on BBC Radio Four.
The story today is called The Girl With The Hungry Eyes and it can be heard worldwide at this link. (After broadcast a MP3 of the story will also be posted onto DavidTennantOnTwitter.com.)
The story is written by Fritz Lieber and it is part of the A Night With A Vampire 2 series. (David Tennant read the first series in 2010. That series concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in this year they are set in the 20th Century and introduce stories "with a little twist from the UK and the USA.")
The synopsis of the story The Girl With The Hungry Eyes from the BBC Radio Four website is:
"This 1949 story has exerted it's grip on many an imagination and has been filmed several times. It concentrates on the magnetic power of the Vampire and - in this case - the utterly captivating and inescapable lure of a Vampiress cum glamour model."
The producer of this series is Clive Brill and it is a Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
Tonight at 10.45pm David Tennant reads the Book At Bedtime on BBC Radio Four.
The story today is called The Lady Of The House Of Love and it can be heard worldwide at this link. (After broadcast a MP3 of the story will also be posted onto DavidTennantOnTwitter.com.)
The story is described as a "retake on the Sleeping Beauty story which first appeared in Carter's 1979 volume The Bloody Chamber." It is part of the A Night With A Vampire 2 series. (David Tennant read the first series in 2010. That series concentrated on Victorian Vampire output but in this year they are set in the 20th Century and introduce stories "with a little twist from the UK and the USA.")
The synopsis of the story The Lady Of The House Of Love on the BBC Radio Four website is:
"A virginal English soldier, travelling through Romania by bicycle, finds himself in a deserted village. He comes across a mansion inhabited by a vampiress who survives by enticing young men into her bedroom and feeding on them. She intends to feed on the young soldier but his purity and virginity have a curious effect on her......."
The producer of this series is Clive Brill and it is a Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
Tonight David Tennant co-hosts the Children In Need concert from the Manchester Evening News Arena. The other co-hosts are the DJs Chris Moyles and Fearne Cotton.
The Children in Need Rocks Manchester concert has been organised by Take That’s Gary Barlow and features a long list of artists including Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, JLS, Elbow, N Dubz, Hugh Laurie, Snow Patrol and Michael Buble. As well as playing their hits there will be a number of special collaborations between different artists.
The concert starts at 7pm (with doors opening at 5.30pm) and part of the concert is being broadcast on both BBC One and BBC HD between 8pm and 10pm tonight with highlights being shown late tomorrow evening during the Children In Need night on BBC One.
This afternoon at 2pm BBC Radio Five Live will be backstage as David Tennant, among others, rehearses for the Children In Need concert.
